The most popular educational games
Educational software programs are a peculiar kind of programs of various genres made with the intent of teaching. Gameplay, graphics and sound are still important aspects of educationals, but the main goal of the developer is to teach the player something: math, history, ecology, anything! Some educationals are created with a young audience in mind, other programs are aimed to a broader audience and appeal to adult gamers too: The Oregon Trail, Mario Teaches Typing and the Carmen Sandiego series are perfect examples of educational games.
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The Oregon Trail
DOS1990 MECC
Lego Loco
Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
Mario is Missing!
DOSMac OS1992 The Software Toolworks
Chessmaster 9000
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 UBI Soft
Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known for its strong chess engine and comprehensive tutorial features, making it popular among both beginners and advanced players. The software also included annotated gam...
SimEarth
DOSWindows 3.x1990 Maxis
SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets
DOS1993 The Learning Company
Skyglobe 3.5
DOS1992
SkyGlobe is an astronomy software that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a DOS-based planetarium program that allowed users to explore the night sky in real-time or by adjusting dates and times. Some of its key features included: a rendering of stars, constellations, and planets, the ability to simulate past and future astr...
EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Business Simulator
DOS1987 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
Super Solvers: OutNumbered!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
Super Solvers: Operation Neptune
DOS1991 The Learning Company
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 Broderbund
Atomino
DOS1991 Play Byte
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 Broderbund
The Amazon Trail
DOS1993 MECC
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS1992 MECC
Designasaurus
DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia
Mickey's Runaway Zoo
DOS1991 Westwood Studios
Pepper's Adventures in Time
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
Castle of Dr. Brain
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, but it focuses on space travel and exploration.The simulator was known for its realistic representation of the physics of...
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?
DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1986 Broderbund
Beauty and the Beast
DOS1992 Infogrames